Sterilisation and the mentally handicapped

Sterilisation of incompetent mentally handicapped persons: a model for decision making.

Doctors are regularly confronted with requests for sterilisation of mentally handicapped people who cannot give consent for themselves. They ought to act in a medical vacuum because there doesn't exist a consensus about a model for decision making on this matter. In this article a model for decision making is proposed, based on a review of the literature and our own research data. We have attem...

When the Mentally Handicapped Paint

Teamwork for the Mentally Handicapped

Proposals for a new, community-based service for the mentally handicapped.

Community care and the mentally handicapped.

Preparing the books to read every day is enjoyable for many people. However, there are still many people who also don't like reading. This is a problem. But, when you can support others to start reading, it will be better. One of the books that can be recommended for new readers is community care and the mentally handicapped. This book is not kind of difficult book to read. It can be read and u...

The Mentally Handicapped and Their Families

This Survey of families with a severely subnormal member at home or in hospital, was begun in 1954 and completed in 1959. The findings are based on information given by 280 mothers and other relatives in the London area. There are numerous tables which the statistically minded will study with attention, but it is the overall picture of the families described, the extent of the difficulties they...